Equine Assisted Therapy

Using interaction with animals to facilitate psychotherapy, growth and learning experiences.

CIP Brevard partners with Eye of a Horse, a unique equine assisted therapy program in Paradise, Florida to offer our students a new approach to developing social skills, empathy, problem solving skills and much more.

Equine assisted therapy can be included with a student’s individualized services from CIP.

In this video clip, a CIP Brevard social skills instructor points out the benefits of non-mounted equine-assisted activities as her students, who are all young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome, are seen engaging in activities with semi-wild Florida Cracker horses on a 4700-acre nature preserve and then directing specially trained horses through an obstacle course utilizing appropriate non-verbal communication.